A Nigerian graduate, Serena Omo-Lamai, has bagged Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Bio Engineering and won the Global and Community Engagement Award.
Serena, who is a Dowen College Alumnus, was also honoured to receive PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug delivery.
The Foundation awarded her and 17 researchers a total of nearly $1.3 million.
The Award for Global & Community Engagement was for her work studying the mechanisms of side-effects of Lung-Tropic Lipid Nanoparticles.
According to her, Thank you to the foundation for this platform to support my research focused on optimising mRNA lipid nanoparticles for unflammatory state.
The 2020 Senior Class Marshal and University Scholar, Serena gave remarks to the Class of 2020 during Commencement, where she spoke of an African proverb that reminded her of the Class of 2020: “If you want to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today.”
“Those stones have appeared in the form of challenges we have had to overcome or the opportunities that we have seized,” Omo-Lamai said.
“I see in front of me many mountain movers who have taken advantage of the stones of opportunity that we have encountered at our time at Syracuse University.”
